Attention Atheist, can you please do me a favor and listen to me.......

[Binkie The Clown]

112. I thinks it's really remarkable

that religious people don't hesitate to give credit to god for random good events, but I never hear them blaming god for random bad events.

You hear :"I thank god for turning that tornado away from my house at the last minute."

But you never hear: "I blame god for turning that tornado towards my neighbor's house and killing his whole family."

It's as if I pray to the flying spaghetti monster (bless his noodly goodness) to make a coin toss come up heads, and then give thanks to his most al dente benevolence when the coin chances to come up heads. It's nonsense. I lost the vision in both my eyes due to cataracts. I saw an eye doctor and he did the surgery on my eyes, restoring my vision. Do I thank the flying spaghetti monster, or do I thank the surgeon?

Last Thanksgiving I cooked a big feast for my whole extended family. They all came to my house and enjoyed an extravagant meal. But before digging in, they bowed their heads and thanked god for providing the food. I think next Thanksgiving I'll let god do the cooking, and see how well they enjoy THAT meal.

As an atheist, what makes me most cranky is when theists play the victim card when in truth they have enormous privilege. I can't drive three blocks without passing yet another Christian indoctrination center, so when they complain about atheism "intruding" on their lives, I just snort in disgust. Fully grown adults going to fairy tale outings every Sunday morning! Stories about men living inside whales, and gathering up all the animals in a boat, including those from Australia, South America, the Antarctic penguins, the Galapagos Tortoises, etc, etc. They preach such utter nonsense it boggles the mind, and yet people don't have the good sense to know they're being hoodwinked. Just sad.